Table 1 Socio-Demographic characteristics of HIV exposed infants, their mothers and fathers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n = 118), March 2010
Variables | Frequency(percentage) |
|---|---|
Sex of the Infant | |
Boy | 65(55.1) |
Girl | 53(44.9) |
Infants age of enrollment | |
At 6 weeks | 99(83.9) |
After 6 weeks | 19(16.1) |
Infants Received ARV prophylaxis at birth | |
Yes | 107(90.7) |
No | 11(9.3) |
Infants feeding practice | |
Exclusive Breast feeding | 52(44.1) |
Replacement feeding | 61(51.7) |
Mixed feeding | 5(4.2) |
Infants PCR/DNA HIV test result | |
Negative | 110(93.2) |
Positive | 5(4.2) |
Unknown | 3(2.5) |
Age of the mother (Mean = 28.15) | |
< 25 | 22(18.6) |
25-28 | 32(27.1) |
28-31 | 34(28.8) |
> = 31 | 30(25.4) |
Marital status of the mother | |
Married | 73(61.9) |
Unmarried | 29(24.6) |
Divorced | 10(8.5) |
Widowed | 6(5.1) |
Educational status of the mother | |
Unable to read and write | 8(6.8) |
Primary education 1-8 | 50(42.4) |
Secondary education 9-12 | 51(43.2) |
Diploma and above | 9(7.6) |
Occupational status of mother | |
Employed | 11(9.3) |
Self employed | 28(23.7) |
Unemployed | 79(66.9) |
Number of children a mother have | |
1-2 | 37(31.4) |
3-5 | 81(68.6) |
Mother enrolled in HIV/ART care | |
Yes | 105(89) |
No | 13(11) |
Where the mother enrolled for care | |
In the facility | 86(72.9) |
Out of the facility | 11(9.3) |
Unknown | 21(17.8) |
Primary Care taker | |
Biological | 115(97.5) |
Non-Biological | 3(2.5) |
Father HIV status | |
Positive | 62(52.5) |
Negative | 20(16.9) |
Unknown | 36(30.5) |
Father live status | |
Alive | 113(95.8) |
Dead | 5(4.2) |